Aromatic-aliphatic acetals



Patented July 9, 1

I mam 2,206,883 anemone-manic acn mns Kurt Leverkusen I. G. Werk, and Reinhard 'Hebermehl, Cologne-Dentz, Germany, as-

signors to I. G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesell- ,schaft, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany v Nu-mam. Application March 6, 1937, Serial.- H 30.129381. In Germany March "I, 1936 a (cl. zoo-e13) .The present invention'relates to new conden-.

satiori productswhichjiiiay be defined as acetals of hydroxyalkyl-arylethers, i. e'., er compounds of the general formula aryl. X.alkyl.0 H (X 'fstand- 5 ing' forO" or S). More" particularly it relates to new-compositionslof matter comprising said acetals andjhalogen containing film fforming materials;

It has been found that acetals of the character described can be easily prepared by causing alkali metal salts of aromatic hydroxy compounds, -,such .as phenolates .or naphtholates to react upon acetals of halogen containing aliphatic alcohols. 'Another method [consists .in causing aldehydes to react upon hydroxyalkyl-arylethers. We have, furthermore, foundthat these iacetals if incorporatedwithinhalogen containing film forming materials exert remarkable properties chief among which is an enormous increase of elongation.

As hydroxyalkyl-arylethers there are "prefer--- ably chosen those of the benzene series such as those of phenol or cresols, though those of the @As pointed out above the newcondensation products are excellent softeners for film forming materials, particularly for those containing halogen.

forming materials there may be mentioned chlorinated rubber, polyvinylchloride, furthermore, the addition products of hydro halic acids with caoutchouc, polymeric vinyl esters of halogen containing acids such as polyvinylchloroacetate and finally after-chlorination products of polyvinylchloride or 0f 2-chlolobutadiene-L3-polymerisates. In connection with these film forming materials advantageously such softeners of the character described are employed as are liquid at ordinary temperature, either as such or in admixture one with another. The outstanding effect induced in the said film forming materials by the incorporation of these softeners results in a considerable increase of elongation. The said softeners areJurthermore, capable of effecting anincrease of the brightness and of the ad-- hesive capacityof thejfi'lmjjforming materials to the base.- The newsofteners can, of course, be combined with other softeners or other additions, such as filling agents, pigments, resins and dryin: or non-drying oils.

. The characteristic softening eflect of the comptauids in question is illustrated by the following As examples of halogen containing film Iron sheets are provided with a threefold varj 'nish layer of the following composition On drying, the sheets are allowed to age by a 90 hours exposure to heat in a drying oven. The

. following table shows the behaviour of. the varnish layer on bending the sheet iron over a bar the presence or absence in the coating of cracks at a given diameter of curve being taken as an indication. of the elasticity:

v v Diameter Behaviour of the softener of the bar 7 varnish layer Y 7 Mm Cel ne diphenyl-(chlorine con- 25-30 Many cracks.

n Phtbalic gold dibutyl ester 10 Few deep cracks. Tricresyl phosphate 25 Many cracks. Diplienoxydiethyl-ether 8 Do. Formaldehyde acetal of phenoxy- 3 No cracks.

e ano Eormaldehyde acetal of a mixture cl 3 Do.

equal parts of 0-, mand p-cresoxyethanol. Formaldehyde acetal of B-hydroxy- 8 Do. etliyl-p-tolylsulfide. fkcetalldehyde acetal of phenoxyeth- 3 D0.

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The above table shows that .the new softeners are far superior to the hitherto known softeners such as chlorinated diphenyl and phthalic acid esters and also to the diaryldiethylethers which are closely related thereto from the chemical point of view. I

The following examples illustrate the invenby weight:

Example 1 Parts Chlorinated rubber chlorine content) 12 Formaldehyde acetal of cresoxyethanol 3 Chlorinateddiphenyl (57% chlorine content) 1.8 Red lea 60 A mixture of toluene-xylene (1:1) 23.2

On drying, there is applied twice a lacquer of the following-composition:

Chlorinated rubber (chlorine content 64%).... 25 Formaldehyde acetal of phenoxyethanoluu 8 tion without restricting it thereto, the partsbeing Example 2 Iron materials such as pipes, profiles, etc., which are free from rust are provided with two or three coats of the following varnish:

Parts Afterchlorinated polyvinyl chloride (64% chlorine) 16 Formaldehyde acetal of the phenoxyethanoh- 2 Formaldehyde acetal of the p-hydroxyethylp-tolylsulfide 1 Acetaldehydeacetalof the phenoxyethanol 2 Red ferric oxide 10 Ethyl aceta 18 Butyl acetate 17 Xylene 34 A welladherent, elastic coating is obtained which "is stable against chemical influence.

Example 3 An elastic varnish of good adhesive properties which isstabIe against mineral oil is obtained when coating a sheet, iron thrice with thefollowing batch: I

Parts Polyvinylchloro-acetate 12 Formaldehyde acetal of phenoxyethanoL- 0.8 Tricresylphosp 0.2

Titanium dioxide 6 Benzene 17 Methanol 10 Methyl ace 30 Butyl acetate 24 Example 4 The varnish of the following composition is suited to protect iron articles towards chemical influence:

Parts Polyvinylchloride (56% chlorine) L 10 Formaldehyde acetal of phenoxvethanolnu 3 Red ferric oxide 5 Xylene.-- 27 Butyl acetate 27 Cyclohexanone 28 Example 5 A pine board is provided with two or three coats of the following varnish:

Parts Chlorinated rubber (62% chlorine) 20 Linseed oil (containing 1% 'of cobalt-naphtheila 12 Formaldehyde acetal of phenoxyethanol 4 Red ferric oxide 15 Toluen 19 xylene 30 An elastic protecting layer is "weather-resistant.

is thus obtained which Example I 465 parts of sodium phenolate and 346 parts of formaldehyde digs chloroethyl) acetal are stirred at 180 C. fon4 hours.

The reaction mixture is stirred with 2000 parts of water and then distilled in vacuo. The formaldehyde di(p phenoxethyl) acetal thus obtained is a colorless oil which boils-at 195-196 C. under 0.6 mm. pressure. It solidifies at 18 C.

Example II 332 parts of acetaldehyde-di(pechloroethyl)- acetal are stirred at 200 C. with 412 parts of sodium phenolate for 5 hours. Thereupon the reaction mixture is stirred with 2000 parts of water while the oil is separated and distilled 0113.

The acetaldehyde-di(p-phenoxethyl) acetal boils at 188-190 C. under 0.6 mm. pressure.

ExampleI II 432 parts, of o-cresol and 432 parts of a 37% soda lye are evaporated to dryness in vacuo. The dry residue is heated with 380 parts of formaldehyde-di(p-chloroethyl)-acetal at -205 C. I

for .5hours. By stirring with 2000 parts of water the precipitate sodium chloride is dissolved; hereafter the oil separated from .water and distilled in .vacuo. The formaldehyde -1 di(,3 o cresoxethyD-acetal is a colorless oil which boils at 190 C. under 4mm. pressure. It solidifies at 2 C.

. Example IV 504 parts of p-thiocresol and 435 parts of soda lye'of 37% are evaporated to dryness. The residue is heated with 346 parts of formaldehydedi(p-chloroethyl)-acetal at -190" C. for 5 hours. After the reaction mixture has been stirred with 2000 parts of water the oil is separated and distilled. The formaldehyde di(p thiocresoxyethyl) under 0.6 mm. pressure. It solidifies at 37.5 C.

We claim:

1. Acetals of compounds of the formula aryl- X-alkyl-OH wherein X stands for a member of the group consisting of 0 and S.

2. The products as claimed in claim 1,.wherein the aryl is of the benzene series.

3. Formaldehyde acetals of compounds of the formula aryl-X-alkyl-OH wherein X stands for a member of the group consisting of O and S.

4. The products as claimed in claim 3 wherein the aryl is of the benzene series.

5. Acetals, of phenoxyethanol.

6. Theformaldehyde acetal of phenoxyethanol. J

7. Acetalsof cresoxyethanol. l 8. The formaldehyde acetal of cresoxyethanol. KURT DESAMABIM acetal boils at 220-221" 0. 

